At the Olympics, AI is watching you

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July 26, 2024, 4:24 PM

• •Paris is a city swamped in security for the Olympics, with 40,000 barriers, packs of police officers, and soldiers patrolling the streets.
• •Interior minister Gérald Darmanin has defended the measures as necessary, saying that France is facing the "biggest security challenge any country has ever had to organize in a time of peace".
• •One of the most controversial security measures is the use of AI to scan CCTV footage of transport stations for threats.

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are the most heavily policed and surveilled Olympics in history. The city has deployed 40,000 security personnel and is using facial recognition and other AI technologies to monitor the population. Critics say that these measures are excessive and a threat to civil liberties.

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